Locale::Codes::Country

Locale::Codes::Country is a first attempt at creating a pure Perl 6 implementation of the Perl 5 module of the same name found on CPAN. This version extends the functionality of the original version.

Requirements

Rakudo Perl 6 (Tested with the 2024.01 release).

Installation

Use zef. The command: zef install Locale-Codes-Country should work.

What's it for?

Locale::Codes::Country is an implementation of the ISO3166 standard, which defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, etc. There are essentially four types of codes associated with each country/area:

• LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_2 defines a unique 2 character code for each country/area

• LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_3 defines a unique 3 character code

• LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC defines a numeric code (between 000 and 999) for each country/area

• LOCALE_CODE_DOM defines the IANA assigned Top Level Domain for a country. For most countrues this just the LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_2 code in lower case with a leading dot, but every now and again there is a difference. I may not have caught those yet ;-)

For each of the constants listed above there is an equivalent string. Respectively:

• 'alpha-2'

• 'alpha-3'

• 'numeric'

• 'dom'

Using Locale::Codes::Country, you may lookup a country name by its ISO3166-2, ISO3166-3 or ISO3166-Numeric defined code. You may also look up a country's ISO-assigned code using the full country name. You may also lookup one of the other ISO-defined codes by passing in any of the other unique values.

Examples

use v6;
use Locale::Codes::Country;

say codeToCountry("BGD"); # will print 'BANGLADESH'
say codeToCountry("CA"); # will print 'CANADA'. LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_2 is default
say countryToCode("Austria",LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC) # will print "040"
say codeToCode(70, "alpha-3"); # will print BIH (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Future

I may in the near future add other codes such as IOC designations, or FIPS codes to the mix.

Testing

Basic tests. Not extensive, but there are a few.

Run prove6 --lib t -v

License and Author

The Artistic 2.0 License (Artistic-2)

Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Dean Powell

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